Overview
Bloomberg Essentials Course Overview
This course teaches the essential functions of Bloomberg Terminal. Important functions related to economics, company overviews, company analysis, research, estimates, comparative analysis, and graphing will be covered, in addition to some other interesting functions.
Bloomberg Essentials Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate through various economic screens for economic data, statistics and forecasts
- Identify key functions related to a company overview
- Analyze a company through financial information and its capital structure
- View earnings estimates, analyst recommendations, and equity research
- Compare securities using financials and other metrics
- Learn how to build a graph or chart on Bloomberg Terminal
- Understand additional functions related to leisure
Bloomberg Essentials Is a Prep Course of CFI’s CMSA® Program
CFI’s Capital Markets & Securities Analysis (CMSA)® program covers all the basic, intermediate, and advanced topics about sales and trading, investment banking, and asset management. This program teaches you trading strategies used in the finance and capital markets industry. It is ideal for students who want to learn how to trade different asset classes. The program is completely online so you can take it at your own pace, from anywhere in the world.
Common career paths for students who take the CMSA® are Sales & Trading, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Treasury, Risk Management, and other capital markets careers.
Who Should Take This CMSA® Course?
This Bloomberg Essentials course is perfect for students interested in advancing their Bloomberg Terminal knowledge. Knowing how to use Bloomberg Terminal is critical for a career in investment banking, sales and trading, and other careers within the capital markets.
What You'll Learn
Path to Certification
Prep Courses
6 courses from beginner to intermediate level.
01OptionalCore Courses
6 courses from beginner to intermediate level.
02RequiredElective Courses
9 courses in advanced and intermediate levels.
03RequiredGet Certified
Submit your CMSA® checklist and order your certificate.

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What Our Students Say
the course was very easy to understand, it was to the point and explained all the necessary information, the interface the audio quality were all up to the mark.
It will help me to get knowledge about Bloomberg and great explanation and I felt it's very easy to analyse markets , keep it up. And thanks
Thanks for providing the detailed overview of Bloomberg Essentials. It consists of all basic details related to the Bloomberg platform.
This course is very informative & very clear, you will get a basic overview of the Bloomberg
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Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA)® Program
The Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA)® program will teach you the many asset classes, trading strategies, and procedures used in the capital markets. It is ideal for any student who wants to work in capital markets, whether on the buy-side or the sell-side. This program will give you the experience to make investment decisions and utilize appropriate trading strategies for different scenarios.